Billy Crowell vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Billy Crowell
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland BluesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Billy Crowell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kelly Downs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.389 compared to 5.15 and 1.767 for Billy Crowell. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Billy Crowell and Kelly Downs

Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.74
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.69
29.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
5.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1647
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
549
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
12.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.54
12.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
3.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
2.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.49
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2590
42.46
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.27
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
512
8.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.767
1.767
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2355
38.61
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.46
42.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Billy Crowell and Kelly Downs

Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1653
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.63
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.04
93.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.646
1.646
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Crowell and Kelly Downs

Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
64
165.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
232
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
217
561.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
69.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
62.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.76
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.76
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.84
17.69
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
77.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
108.62
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
51.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
9
23.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
6.01
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
36.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
173.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.46
3.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Crowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.98
Billy Crowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0